New Braunfels 17, Johnson 7, final

Kind of a drab game, but the Unicorns couldn’t be happier with the result, which sets them up to clinch a District 26-5A playoff berth with a home victory next week over MacArthur.

Johnson coach Ron Rittimann didn’t know if the Jaguars were officially eliminated. Without having examined all the tie-breakers, and there are many, it looks like the best they can hope for are losses by New Braunfels and Roosevelt, which would create a massive four-way tie between those three schools and MacArthur.

Should they miss out, they still exceeded most expectations by a wide margin by going 5-5 in their second varsity season.

New Braunfels 14, Johnson 0, halftime

Not an overwhelming performance by the Unicorns, but they’re in control thanks to Jeremy Garcia’s 3-yard TD run and John Simmons’ 20-yard scoring hookup with Matt Schmid. They’re also playing well defensively, forcing as many punts (four) as they’ve allowed first downs.